Album US 1977 on Asylum Records label
Rock (Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Jazz-Rock)
Recorded and Mixed at A&M Studios in Hollywood. Orchestra recorded at Columbia Studio C in New York. Additional recording at Basing Street Studio in London. Mastered at A&M Studios, Los Angeles. ℗ & © 1977 Elektra / Asylum Records - back cover ℗ 1977 by Asylum Records - labels Mfg. by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records. A Division of Warner Communications Inc. Gatefold with printed artwork innersleeves. Release is auto-coupled: record 1 includes sides A & D, record 2, sides B & C. Runout variants 2 contains scratched-out parts - full transcription with scratched out parts in brackets: A-side: BB-701(501)-A SP 1-1 B-side: No erratum C-side: BB-701-C B(B-501) C SP 1-2 D-side: BB-701-D BB-(501) D SP Specialty Records Corporation logo in all runouts (large S with the R and C in the loops).
![]() | Joni Mitchell voc, g, *1943 CA design, guitar, vocals, written by, composed by, album by, piano, acoustic guitar |
![]() | Jaco Pastorius b, 1951-1987 US bass, bongos, written by, cowbell, cowbells |
![]() | Frank Laico , 1918-2013 US recorded by, orchestra |
![]() | John Guerin dr, perc, 1939-2004 US drums, snare, snare drum |
![]() | Don Alias perc, 1939-2006 US bongos, congas, claves, clave, vocals, written by, percussion, sandpaper blocks, snare, snaredrum, shaker |
![]() | Wayne Shorter ts, ss, *1933 US soprano saxophone, soprano sax |
![]() | Michael Gibbs tb, key, *1937 ZW orchestrated by, conductor, conducted by, orchestrated by, orchestrator |
![]() | Larry Carlton g, *1948 US electric guitar |
![]() | Michel Colombier p, ep, key, 1939-2004 FR piano |
![]() | Alex Acuña dr, perc, *1944 US congas, cowbell, vocals, written by, shaker, shakers, bells, ankle bells |
![]() | Manolo Badrena perc, voc, *1952 PR congas, percussion, coffee cans, lead vocals, written by |
![]() | Airto Moreira perc, dr, voc, *1941 BR surdo, bass drum, written by |
![]() | Chaka Khan voc, bvoc, *1953 US vocals |
![]() | El Bwyd , other, split tongued spirit |
![]() | Glenn Frey voc, g, key, 1948-2016 US vocals |
![]() | John David Souther g, voc, US vocals |
Glen Christensen art direction |
Les Krims artwork, artwork on joni mitchell's dress |
Robert Ash engineer, assistant engineer |
Bernie Grundman mastered by |
Norman Seeff photography by |
Keith Williamson photography by, photoprints |
Henry Lewy recorded by, mixed by |
Steve Katz recorded by, mixed by |
No | ![]() |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | ![]() | Overture–Cotton Avenue | Joni Mitchell | 6:35 | |
2 | ![]() | Talk To Me | Joni Mitchell | 3:40 | |
3 | ![]() | Jericho | Joni Mitchell | 3:25 | |
4 | ![]() | Paprika Plains | Joni Mitchell | 16:19 | |
5 | ![]() | Otis And Marlena | Joni Mitchell | 4:05 | |
6 | ![]() | The Tenth World | Joni Mitchell | Airto Moreira, Alex Acuña, Don Alias, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Manolo Badrena | 6:45 |
7 | ![]() | Dreamland | Joni Mitchell | 4:37 | |
8 | ![]() | Don Juan's Reckless Daughter | Joni Mitchell | 6:40 | |
9 | ![]() | Off Night Backstreet | Joni Mitchell | 3:22 | |
10 | The Silky Veils Of Ardor | Joni Mitchell | 4:02 |
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